Question about mailing list rules

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.4621.1373613990.3114.python-list at python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Devyn Collier Johnson
> <devyncjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Am I allowed to ask questions like "Here is my code. How can I optimize it?"
> > on this mailing list?
> 
> Sure you can! And you'll get a large number of responses, not all of
> which are directly to do with your question. :)
> 
> I assume the code in question _is_ written in Python, right?

If not, then the answer to "how can I optimize it" is obvious, isn't it?