> could you call it well-engineered? What is well engineered depends on the goals and the limitations of the state of the art at the time. I would say that a

> could you call it well-engineered? What is well engineered depends on the goals and the limitations of the state of the art at the time. I would say that a thousand year old bridge might count as well engineered if the goal was a bridge that had a low total lifetime cost.