RFC: add support for computing the variance of a double-precision floating-point strided array ignoring NaN values and using a one-pass textbook algorithm

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This RFC proposes adding support for computing the variance of a double-precision floating-point strided array ignoring NaN values and using a one-pass textbook algorithm. This would be a lower-level strided interface which includes a native C implementation and has the following package name:

Package: @stdlib/stats/base/dnanvariancetk Related: @stdlib/stats/base/dvariancetk

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