Assume we want to define $\mathrm{Tor}_n (M,N)$ where $M,N$ are $R$-modules and $R$ is a commutative unital ring.
We take a projective resolution of $M$:
$ \dots \to P_1 \to P_0 \to M \to 0$
Now does it matter whether we apply $-\otimes N$ or $N \otimes -$ to this? It shouldn't because we have $N \otimes P \cong P \otimes N$. Right? Thanks.