diff --git a/examples/bench_13/main.c b/examples/bench_13/main.c
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--- a/examples/bench_13/main.c
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-#include <time.h>
-#include "../../reowolf.h"
-#include "../utility.c"
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-	int i, msglen, inside, total;
-	char * transport;
-	transport = argv[1];
-	msglen = atoi(argv[2]);
-	inside = atoi(argv[3]);
-	total = atoi(argv[4]);
-	printf("transport `%s`, msglen %d, inside %d, total %d\n",
-		transport, msglen, inside, total);
-	unsigned char pdl[] = ""; 
-	Arc_ProtocolDescription * pd = protocol_description_parse(pdl, sizeof(pdl)-1);
-	printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
-	char logpath[] = "./bench_13.txt";
-	Connector * c = connector_new_logging(pd, logpath, sizeof(logpath)-1);
-
-	PortId native_putter, native_getter;
-	char ident[] = "sync"; // defined in reowolf's stdlib 
-	connector_add_port_pair(c, &native_putter, &native_getter);
-	for (i=0; i<inside; i++) {
-		// create a forward linked in the ring
-		PortId putter, getter;
-		if(0 == strcmp(transport, "mem")) {
-			connector_add_port_pair(c, &putter, &getter);
-		} else if(0 == strcmp(transport, "localhost")) {
-			FfiSocketAddr addr = {{127, 0, 0, 1}, i+7000};
-			connector_add_net_port(c, &putter, addr, Polarity_Putter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
-			connector_add_net_port(c, &getter, addr, Polarity_Getter, EndpointPolarity_Passive);
-		} else {
-			printf("BAD TRANSPORT!\n");
-			exit(1);
-		}
-		
-		// native ports: {native_putter, native_getter, putter, getter}
-		// thread a forward component onto native_tail
-		connector_add_component(c, ident, sizeof(ident)-1, (PortId[]){native_getter, putter}, 2);
-		// native ports: {native_putter, getter}
-		printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
-		native_getter = getter;
-	}
-	for (i=inside; i<total; i++) {
-		// create a forward linked to itself
-		PortId putter, getter;
-		connector_add_port_pair(c, &putter, &getter);
-		connector_add_component(c, ident, sizeof(ident)-1, (PortId[]){getter, putter}, 2);
-		printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
-	}
-	connector_connect(c, -1);
-	printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
-	
-	char * msg = malloc(msglen);
-	memset(msg, msglen, 42);
-	
-	clock_t begin = clock();
-	for (i=0; i<100000; i++) {
-		connector_put_bytes(c, native_putter, msg, msglen);
-		connector_get(c, native_getter);
-		connector_sync(c, -1);
-	}
-	clock_t end = clock();
-	double time_spent = (double)(end - begin) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
-	printf("Time taken: %f\n", time_spent);
-	free(msg);
-	return 0;
-}
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