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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 13:15:59 -0600
Subject: Re: How to show a dictionary sorted on a value within its data?
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On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 10:33 AM,  <cl@isbd.net> wrote:
> Ah, so at least there is a reason for it, I'm far from being a
> mathematician though so it's not particularly obvious (for me anyway).

You're not alone; a lot of people find the terminology not intuitive.
Even GvR has publicly lamented the choice of keyword.