In what order prerequisites will be made by the GNU make?
Assuming we have the rule:
a: b c d e
and b, c, d and e are independent of each other.
Is the order of making b, c, d, e defined? It seems that generally they will be made in order b, c, d, e, but may it sometimes happen, that the order will be different?
Answer
No, the order is not defined. That is the whole point in using declarative dependency-oriented programming: that the computer can pick the optimal evaluation order, or in fact, evaluate them even at the same time.