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What's this thing about frameworks, really? I thought Coin was a shared library?

Frameworks are a central concept to Mac OS X, packing a dynamic shared library with the necessary resources for this library, like header files, images, and documentation. You can link against a framework by using the "-framework" compiler option. Please refer to the Apple developer documentation for more information about frameworks.