/etc contains more than just config files because it's called '/etc' and not '/config'. Any why would you need dozens of top level directories? I can't imagine

/etc contains more than just config files because it's called '/etc' and not '/config'. Any why would you need dozens of top level directories? I can't imagine that you could name even one dozen completely orthogonal aspects of program and system configuration that can't be put into a _some_ meaningful hierarchy.