Question about idioms for clearing a list

[Ed Singleton]

On 07/02/06, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
> Ed Singleton wrote
>
> > I'm not mud-slinging, I'm just saying that people are very dismissive
> > of making the language easier to use for newbies.
>
> no, you're telling people who have long experience in explaining things
> to "newbies" that their experiences don't count, and that you are the
> only newbie that's important.

No, I'm saying that people are very dismissive of making things easier
to use for newbies (as you yourself were only a few posts ago)

Ed