Simplest way to reverse the order of strings in a make variable

Question

Let\'s say you have a variable in a makefile fragment like the following:

MY_LIST=a b c d

How do I then reverse the order of that list? I need

Answer 1

Doh! I could have just used a shell script-let:

(for d in ${MY_LIST}; do echo $$d; done) | tac