random generator

[John]

Is there any available code that does the below?

> but the OP asked for a generator where you could just specify what
> skewness you want.  The random module doesn't give a direct way to do
> that.  You have to pick a distribution, then crunch out some integrals
> and solve some equations to get the distribution parameters for the
> skewness you want.
>
> Further description:
> http://www.everything2.net/index.pl?node=skewness