I genuinely really like it - strict left-to-right or strict right-to-left are so much more predictable at least for arithmetical type expressions (I might still prefer specific precedences for =/==/etc.).

However at this point something PEMDAS-like seems to be substantially easier to understand for most people since it's AFAICT the common rule taught in (high school) mathematics these days.

Trade-offs all the way down, as ever.