Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:33:57 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, infinity girl wrote:

> 
>     i'm wondering if anyone has written {or come across} C functions
> that produce random numbers under a Gaussian {normal} distribution?

Check out the Numerical Recipes book, it has some.

> In other languages they are usually called randn or randg.

I don't think that C libraries have such a function, at least not 
widely.  But if someone writes it and submits it for inclusion in DJGPP, 
I'm sure it will be accepted.

> I'm really looking fr something like this in ANSI C, and not in
> a library..I need source code fr portability.

I'm afraid you are out of luck, then.  ANSI C doesn't mention such a 
function.