def rmNegatives(L):
    subscript = 0
    for num in L:
        if num < 0:
            L = L[:subscript] + L[subscript:]
        subscript += 1
    return L

new_list = [i for i in old_list if i>=0]

>>> old_list = [1,4,-2,94,-12,-1,234]
>>> new_list = [i for i in old_list if i>=0]
>>> print new_list
[1,4,94,234]

def rmNegatives(L):
    i = 0
    while i < len(L):
        if L[i]<0:
            del L[i]
        else:
            i+=1
    return L

L = filter(lambda x: x > 0, L)

L = L[:subscript] + L[subscript:]

>>> l = [1,2,3,4]
>>> l[:2] + l[2:]
[1, 2, 3, 4]

def rmNegatives(L):
    subscript = 0
    for num in L: # here you run over a list which you mutate
        if num < 0:
            L = L[:subscript] + L[subscript:] # here you do not change the list (see comment above)
        subscript += 1 # you have to do this only in the case, when you did not remove an element from the list
    return L

def rmNegatives(L):
    subscript = 0
    for num in list(L):
        if num < 0:
            L = L[:subscript] + L[subscript+1:]
        else:
            subscript += 1
    return L