Probably, but knowing that redirection operators can be freely moved within normal arguments [EDIT: thank ButlerianJihad for pursuing me to make this more accurate] is useful.
They are actually not “order-independent”, and their L-R parsing/processing is why constructs such as
cat file > /dev/null 2>&1
They are actually not “order-independent”, and their L-R parsing/processing is why constructs such as
work as intended.