Cycle a list from alternating sides

Question

Given a list

a = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

how can I get

b = [0,9,1,8,2,7,3,6,4,5]

That is, produce a new lis

Answer 1

mylist = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
result = []

for i in mylist:
    result += [i, mylist.pop()]

Note:

Beware: Just like @Tadhg McDonald-Jensen has said (see the comment below) it'll destroy half of original list object.