To: agati AT uts340 DOT univ DOT trieste DOT it (Agati Paolo)
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, kerr AT cass DOT span
Subject: Re: thanks 
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 93 18:18:58 +0000
From: higgins AT math DOT niu DOT edu

   >	TANSTAAFL
   >
   >if I'm not wrong it is an exclamation used in a novel by E. F. RUSSEL
   >(a SF writer) (or it was HEINLEIN?)
   >
   >Paolo Agati
   >agati AT uts340 DOT univ DOT trieste DOT it

I'm under the impression Heinlein first used this in his novel 
"The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". I can't seem to locate my copy,
but I believe the correct acronym is TNSTAAFL; Heinlein  having 
written back in the days when we still believed in good grammer.

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Greg Higgins, higgins AT math DOT niu DOT edu