# Noob question-whats faster?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-question-whats-faster/210547>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 19, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-question-whats-faster/210547 "2006-12-19T21:48:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![skellykitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@skellykitten](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skellykitten)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-question-whats-faster/210547/1 "2006-12-19T21:48:01Z")

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I don’t know if this is the right area to ask this, but I thought it seemed best here-  
Which is faster- placing mcs on the stage( I think that’s called authortime?) or using actionscript to dynamically place them (and I think that’s runtime?- I’m new you can probably tell:))  
I also wondered does how well or how efficiently you write code make it run faster/smoother?  
It’s just stuff I was wondering and don’t seem to be able to find a direct answer when I google stuff.  
Thanks