If using integers doesn't do a disservice to their findings, it makes complete sense to avoid the can of worms that is floating-point arithmetic. Similarly, if

If using integers doesn't do a disservice to their findings, it makes complete sense to avoid the can of worms that is floating-point arithmetic. Similarly, if I need to write an app that deals with real money (say, a banking application), you can bet your bottom dollar I'll be using integer arithmetic.