Is there a version of Emacs thats runs exactly the same on OSX, Windows and Linux?

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Published on 2010-04-05T18:28:47Z Indexed on 2010/04/05 18:33 UTC
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I'm using Emacs on different environments and unsure of which version to use so that they all behave the same as I hear there are differences between XEamcs, Emacs, and some other versions. Which should I use?

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