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Mark

I tried several times to modify this HelloWorld file, but I keep getting this error. C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCobolIDE\GnuCOBOL\bin\cobc.exe -x -o bin\helloworld.exe -std=default -debug helloworld.cbl
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenCobolIDE\GnuCOBOL\bin/ld.exe: cannot open output file bin\helloworld.exe: Invalid argument
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status

All I did was change a delete a comment and this error. What is going on? Why can't I just modify this HelloWorld file

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Nestor Acha

I was always looking for a free cobol to learn and teach, Opencobolide is excellent to learn, I have published some videos on youtube with ppts and programs to download and practice, you can search for them with the keyword checkcon.

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Sonny

Nestor Acha,
GnuCobol could not compile unless you download and install Cygwin packages. Yet, there are a lot of packages to install and what we need are specifics only to COBOL for use in a Personal Computer without mainframe.

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Sandeep

I have the OpenCobolIDE 4.7.6 software which I installed in Window 10, but it's not working due to the compiler. GNUcompiler not found due to that it didn't compile, please provide the compiler which I can try learn COBOL.

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