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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+'''Display a bell curve for a fake normal distribution'''
+# experimenting with normal distributions of coin flips
+# Usage: distr.py Nexprs Mflips [differentN]
+# Requires python3.6 as of 2021-07-28
+import sys, random, signif
+from nltk import FreqDist
+
+n=int(sys.argv[1])
+m=int(sys.argv[2])
+if len(sys.argv)>3:
+  nn=int(sys.argv[3])
+else:
+  nn=None
+fd=FreqDist()
+for i in range(n):
+    fd[sum(random.randint(0,1) for i in range(m))]+=1
+
+if nn is not None:
+  fd2=FreqDist()
+  for i in range(nn):
+      fd2[sum(random.randint(0,1) for i in range(m))]+=1
+
+  fd.bell(xtra=fd2)
+else:
+  fd.bell()
+