Tim Glover <tgl### [at] nettallycom> wrote:
: Actually, I said "approximate" a normal distribution.  As long 
: as you're adding a finite number of uniform numbers together, 
: you're only approximating a normal distribution.  Lots of numbers 
: just gives a better approximation. My way's approximation is just 
: not quite as good as your's <grin>

  It's a VERY rough approximate, since by adding just two random values
you get a triangle wave distribution. With 3 values it certainly looks a lot
more like a normal distribution.

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