Good text/code editor

Hey
What's a good code/text editor? Something like notepad but that highlights html code, strings etc. And I don't want it to choke on big files like notepad does...

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This is what editor holy wars are supposed to be about. None of this lame n00b ass "Ultraedit" whatever crap.
Emacs or Vi: pick one and fight for your life.