Reply to '' A Comment on the order of the wetting transition at a solid--fluid interface''

Evans and Tarazona have raised a disagreement with the results of Teletzke et al. concerning wetting transitions predicted by van der Waals' integral theory with exponential fluid potential and two different fluid-solid potentials. We reexamined these results and in agreement with Evans and Tarazona we conclude that the wetting transition is first order when a Lennard-Jones 9-3 fluid--solid potential is chosen. The results are supported by the predictions of a simple model, a discontinuous thick film