The ziggurat method for RNOR and REXP https://www.jstatsoft.org/article/view/v005i08

rnorrexp.c

/* The ziggurat method for RNOR and REXP
Combine the code below with the main program in which you want
normal or exponential variates.   Then use of RNOR in any expression
will provide a standard normal variate with mean zero, variance 1,
while use of REXP in any expression will provide an exponential variate
with density exp(-x),x>0.
Before using RNOR or REXP in your main, insert a command such as
zigset(86947731 );
with your own choice of seed value>0, rather than 86947731.
(If you do not invoke zigset(...) you will get all zeros for RNOR and REXP.)
For details of the method, see Marsaglia and Tsang, "The ziggurat method
for generating random variables", Journ. Statistical Software.
*/

#include <math.h>
static unsigned long jz,jsr=123456789;

#define SHR3 (jz=jsr, jsr^=(jsr<<13), jsr^=(jsr>>17), jsr^=(jsr<<5),jz+jsr)
#define UNI (.5 + (signed) SHR3*.2328306e-9)
#define IUNI SHR3

static long hz;
static unsigned long iz, kn[128], ke[256];
static float wn[128],fn[128], we[256],fe[256];

#define RNOR (hz=SHR3, iz=hz&127, (fabs(hz)<kn[iz])? hz*wn[iz] : nfix())
#define REXP (jz=SHR3, iz=jz&255, (    jz <ke[iz])? jz*we[iz] : efix())

/* nfix() generates variates from the residue when rejection in RNOR occurs. */

float nfix(void)
{
const float r = 3.442620f;     /* The start of the right tail */
static float x, y;
 for(;;)
  {  x=hz*wn[iz];      /* iz==0, handles the base strip */
     if(iz==0)
       { do{ x=-log(UNI)*0.2904764; y=-log(UNI);}	/* .2904764 is 1/r */
        while(y+y<x*x);
        return (hz>0)? r+x : -r-x;
       }
                         /* iz>0, handle the wedges of other strips */
      if( fn[iz]+UNI*(fn[iz-1]-fn[iz]) < exp(-.5*x*x) ) return x;

     /* initiate, try to exit for(;;) for loop*/
      hz=SHR3;
      iz=hz&127;
      if(fabs(hz)<kn[iz]) return (hz*wn[iz]);
  }

}

/* efix() generates variates from the residue when rejection in REXP occurs. */
float efix(void)
{ float x;
 for(;;)
  {  if(iz==0) return (7.69711-log(UNI));          /* iz==0 */
     x=jz*we[iz]; if( fe[iz]+UNI*(fe[iz-1]-fe[iz]) < exp(-x) ) return (x);

      /* initiate, try to exit for(;;) loop */
   jz=SHR3;
   iz=(jz&255);
   if(jz<ke[iz]) return (jz*we[iz]);
  }
}
/*--------This procedure sets the seed and creates the tables------*/

void zigset(unsigned long jsrseed)
{  const double m1 = 2147483648.0, m2 = 4294967296.;
   double dn=3.442619855899,tn=dn,vn=9.91256303526217e-3, q;
   double de=7.697117470131487, te=de, ve=3.949659822581572e-3;
   int i;
   jsr^=jsrseed;

/* Set up tables for RNOR */
   q=vn/exp(-.5*dn*dn);
   kn[0]=(dn/q)*m1;
   kn[1]=0;

   wn[0]=q/m1;
   wn[127]=dn/m1;

   fn[0]=1.;
   fn[127]=exp(-.5*dn*dn);

    for(i=126;i>=1;i--)
    {dn=sqrt(-2.*log(vn/dn+exp(-.5*dn*dn)));
     kn[i+1]=(dn/tn)*m1;
     tn=dn;
     fn[i]=exp(-.5*dn*dn);
     wn[i]=dn/m1;
    }

/* Set up tables for REXP */
    q = ve/exp(-de);
    ke[0]=(de/q)*m2;
    ke[1]=0;

    we[0]=q/m2;
    we[255]=de/m2;

    fe[0]=1.;
    fe[255]=exp(-de);

   for(i=254;i>=1;i--)
  {de=-log(ve/de+exp(-de));
   ke[i+1]= (de/te)*m2;
   te=de;
   fe[i]=exp(-de);
   we[i]=de/m2;
  }
}