rnormal()={ my(u1=random(1.),u2=random(1.)); sqrt(-2*log(u1))*cos(2*Pi*u2) \\ Could easily be extended with a second normal at very little cost. }; mean(v)={ sum(i=1,#v,v[i])/#v }; stdev(v,mu="")={ if(mu=="",mu=mean(v)); sqrt(sum(i=1,#v,(v[i]-mu)^2))/#v }; histogram(v,bins=16,low=0,high=1)={ my(u=vector(bins),width=(high-low)/bins); for(i=1,#v,u[(v[i]-low)\width+1]++); u }; show(n)={ my(v=vector(n,i,rnormal()),m=mean(v),s=stdev(v,m),h,sz=ceil(n/300)); h=histogram(v,,vecmin(v)-.1,vecmax(v)+.1); for(i=1,#h,for(j=1,h[i]\sz,print1("#"));print()); }; show(10^4)