bpo-41774: Add programming FAQ entry (GH-22402)

In the "Sequences (Tuples/Lists)" section, add
"How do you remove multiple items from a list".
(cherry picked from commit 5b0181d1f6474c2cb9b80bdaf3bc56a78bf5fbe7)

Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>

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diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
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@@ -1163,6 +1163,21 @@ This converts the list into a set, thereby removing duplicates, and then back
 into a list.
 
 
+How do you remove multiple items from a list
+--------------------------------------------
+
+As with removing duplicates, explicitly iterating in reverse with a
+delete condition is one possibility.  However, it is easier and faster
+to use slice replacement with an implicit or explicit forward iteration.
+Here are three variations.::
+
+   mylist[:] = filter(keep_function, mylist)
+   mylist[:] = (x for x in mylist if keep_condition)
+   mylist[:] = [x for x in mylist if keep_condition]
+
+If space is not an issue, the list comprehension may be fastest.
+
+
 How do you make an array in Python?
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