[GHC] #12941: Extend nofib with benchmarks focused on compiler performance

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#12941: Extend nofib with benchmarks focused on compiler performance
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        Reporter:  michalt           |                Owner:  michalt
            Type:  task              |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  NoFib benchmark   |              Version:
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Comment (by michalt):

 For timings (not allocation), we could use:
 https://github.com/Gabriel439/bench (basically criterion for command line)

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