Argument order matters

c/Makefile

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ OBJ := $(SRC:.c=.o)
 
 all: $(OBJ) $(OUT)
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) -o $@ -c $(CFLAGS) $<
+	$(CC) $< -c $(CFLAGS) -o "$@"
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJ) $(OUT)
 
 ifneq ($(OUT),)
 $(OUT): $(OBJ)
-	$(CC) -o "$@" $(LDFLAGS) $^
+	$(CC) $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o "$@"
 endif
 
 .PHONY: all clean

cxx/Makefile

@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ OBJ = ${SRC:.cpp=.o}
 all: ${OBJ} ${OUT}
 
 %.o: %.cpp
-	${CXX} -o $@ -c ${CXXFLAGS} $<
+	${CXX} $< -c ${CXXFLAGS} -o "$@"
 
 clean:
 	rm -f ${OBJ} ${OUT}
 
 ifneq (${OUT},)
 ${OUT}: ${OBJ}
-	${CXX} -o "$@" ${LDFLAGS} $^
+	${CXX} $^ ${LDFLAGS} -o "$@"
 endif
 
 .PHONY: all clean