Question about idioms for clearing a list

[Arthur]

Arthur wrote:
> 
> My ability to grok Python to any extent, from that starting point, was 
> based on an understanding that it was my responsibility to come to 
> Python, not it to me. And concerted, almost obsessive effort, And time.
> 
> OTOH - because of exactly these factors - I have actively resented and 
> resisted promulgation of the Python is Easy meme.
> 
> Pity that this stance has separated me from a sense of belonging to the 
> community, which seems to so highly value that meme.

What Python *is*, to me, is a game worth playing.  Not something I come 
across all that often.  And easy games, almost invariably, are not.

Art