That's an unrelated meaning of the word “order”. In this case, we have statements that all get executed, but in a specific order. There's no choosing between an

That's an unrelated meaning of the word “order”. In this case, we have statements that all get executed, but in a specific order. There's no choosing between anything. What you're referring to is ordering in the mathematical sense, which means defining what is “bigger” in a certain sense than something else.