Does the order of the build.gradle.kts matter?

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Maybe I need to do a bit more learning with Kotlin, but I am wondering about the order build.gradle.kts files.

Why can I move the

plugins {
    application
}

underneath the

application {
    mainClassName = "com.foo.Bar"
}

and everything still works? Shouldn’t I have to execute the plugin before I can call the application extension?