Reasons for Computers to be male and Compilers to be female 

            Top 10 reasons computers must be male. 

            10. They have a lot of data but are always clueless. 
            9. A better model is always around the corner. 
            8. They look nice and shiny until you bring them home. 
            7. It is always necessary to have a backup. 
            6. They will always do whatever you say if you push the right buttons. 
            5. The best part of having one is the games you can play. 
            4. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on. 
            3. The lights are on, but nobody's home. 
            2. Big power surges knock them out for the night. 
            1. Size does matter. 


            Top 10 reasons compilers must be female. 

            10. Picky, picky, picky. 
            9. they hear what you say, but not what you mean. 
            8. Beauty is only shell deep. 
            7. When you ask what's wrong, they say "nothing". 
            6. Can produce incorrect results with alarming speed. 
            5. Always turning simple statements into big productions. 
            4. Smalltalk is important. 
            3. You do the same thing for years, and suddenly it's wrong. 
            2. They make you take the garbage out. 
            1. Miss a period, and they go wild.