  In a recent paper Dar and Shaviv (1994) presented results of calculations
with an improved standard solar model (SSM) that suggest a standard physics
solution to the solar neutrino problem. In a subsequent publication with a
similar title Bahcall et al. (1994) have claimed to refute the results obtained
by Dar and Shaviv. Here we show that the criticism and conclusions of Bahcall
et al. are unjustified. In particular, their attempts to reproduce the results
of Dar and Shaviv failed because they did not use the same nuclear cross
sections and did not include in their calculations major physics improvements
which were included in the improved SSM code used by Dar and Shaviv.
