i dont like darkasic.
DarkBasic is years old now...
it has a fullscreen IDE (no use of other programs while using darkbasic)
There is an alternative non-full screen IDE availiable.
the 3d engine is ****
You only gave it 4 stars ? Or are you saying you dont like the 3D engine ? Seems like you were the only one - StarWraith et al were written in Classic (and are commerically availiable).
loops are crapy slow because its an interpreter language
Speed would depend on which type of iteration command you used.