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Venki,
It was not a gratuitous comparison. It was made in the context of the question that was asked. I personally hold that view and I stated it here. My idea is not to get into a debate on that, since that would be irrelevant to this thread. Anyway, you have your opinion and I have mine and let us leave it at that. My only aim was to say that Sivaraman richly deserved the recognition he got.
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