I think 'ln' as a tool which creates a symlink. And symlink is a new object, a new kind-of file. So it must be the last argument. The source is just an attribut

I think 'ln' as a tool which creates a symlink. And symlink is a new object, a new kind-of file. So it must be the last argument. The source is just an attribute of that symlink "file" holding the path it points to. If I want to overwrite an existing symlink "file", I simply add -f meaning force-overwrite-if-the-symlink-file-already-exists.