feat: add C ndarray API and refactor blas/ext/base/ssorthp

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Resolves stdlib-js/metr-issue-tracker#154.

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• add C ndarray API and refactor blas/ext/base/ssorthp

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• Resolves [RFC]: add C ndarray API and refactor blas/ext/base/ssorthp metr-issue-tracker#154

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[kgryte]

@headlessNode Always good to see if there is an existing PR: #5119. And if so, whether you should just take it over so to get it over the finish line.

[kgryte]

Looks like you did additional clean-up in this PR. No need for us to go back to the previous PR now that the work has already been done.

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Reminder to myself to give Prashant co-authorship when merging this PR.