From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Subject: Re: Runtime error
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:53:39 GMT

In article <1jn641INN8te@golem.wcc.govt.nz> stevens_g@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>I have a program which was written in Pascal, and I think using Turbo Pascal,
>which keeps giving a runtime error 005 could someone please tell me what this
>is.

Besides RTFM you can use the Turbo Pascal IDE help to get the
meaning of runtime errors.  Furthermore you can get the errors in a
more verbal way run-time by including the error unit from the TSPAS
TPU collection.

>E-Mail replies please as I dont subscribe to this Newsgroup.

I emailed this information to the poser of the question, but posted
the actual answer because orthers might be interested in the answers
given in comp.lang.pascal. 

-Subject: Asking for emailed news replies
-From: garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsfaq31.zip Frequently Asked Questions
-Date: Sat 19 Dec 00:00:02 1992

3. *****
 Q: Why "(Please) reply by email, I don't usually read this group"
(sometimes a demand rather than a question) gets flamed?

 A: First please note that what I say below is not intended as flame
any individual poster, but as a general analysis of requests to
email the replies because one does not read a newsgroup.
   The problem is that telling people to email because one does not
follow a newsgroup basically is an impolite way of formulating such
a request. If one is interested enough to post to a group, one
should also be prepared to follow up the group. If one asks others
for favors, it is only fair to be prepared to reciprocate.
   Intended or not, the attitude this (email-I-don't-read) decree
easily conveys is "I don't usually care for this wimpy group of
yours, but this time you are allowed to be of service to my exalted
person". What one should do, if following the group is genuinely
problematic (for cost or other reasons), is to offer to make a
summary of the replies. The liturgy often used for this is "Please
reply by email. If there is sufficient interest, I'll summarize".
(This alternative is often advocated also because it is expected to
cut down the traffic). But make it genuine. Not just a lip service.
You might even state why following a group is problematic for you,
but this is up to you.
   The problem with asking emailed replies is that unless one offers
to summarize, or has an extremely specialized subject, the request
will seem selfish. This is because other users may be interested in
seeing the potentially useful replies. On the other hand if everyone
posts an answer, the newsgroup will be swamped for awhile.  This
sometimes happens with common questions where almost everyone knows
the answer.  (An example: How does one bypass pressing Y for del *.*
elicited an enormous number of almost identical reply postings in
February 1992). It is not always easy to strike a balance.
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