30 years of GNU

I'll be honest. When I first noticed the completion-fu, I was impressed. And most of the time, it does not bother me. But, when it gets in the way of something basic that I think should 'just work,' it incites my 'nerd rage.'

As an architect (both chip and software), I understand the desire to make the on-ramp to working with any particular platform shallower. I /also/ understand the frustration when the 'straightforward, dumb thing' gets usurped by the 'smart, but misapplied thing' (such as my tar example earlier).

I am officially on the fence, truth be told. I grew up with simpler behavior, and find less to complain about with it. The more complex completion.d behavior is definitely very clever, but is also more frustrating at times.