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From: PEPRBV%CFAAMP.BITNET@husc6.harvard.EDU (Bob Babcock)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: random number generator
Message-ID: <11809@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 14 Feb 88 09:52:04 GMT
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>I need a random number generator with a Gaussian distribution. It
>should have a settable standard deviation. I would prefer it
>written in C but any language would be appreciated. Thanks

Check out Knuth's Seminumerical Algorithms book, section 3.4.1.
Several methods are given, in a form that could easily be
converted to code.