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# File lib/rubygems/platform.rb, line 152
  def =~(other)
    case other
    when Gem::Platform then # nop
    when String then
      # This data is from http://gems.rubyforge.org/gems/yaml on 19 Aug 2007
      other = case other
              when /^i686-darwin(\d)/     then ['x86',       'darwin',  $1    ]
              when /^i\d86-linux/         then ['x86',       'linux',   nil   ]
              when 'java', 'jruby'        then [nil,         'java',    nil   ]
              when /dotnet(\-(\d+\.\d+))?/ then ['universal','dotnet',  $2    ]
              when /mswin32(\_(\d+))?/    then ['x86',       'mswin32', $2    ]
              when 'powerpc-darwin'       then ['powerpc',   'darwin',  nil   ]
              when /powerpc-darwin(\d)/   then ['powerpc',   'darwin',  $1    ]
              when /sparc-solaris2.8/     then ['sparc',     'solaris', '2.8' ]
              when /universal-darwin(\d)/ then ['universal', 'darwin',  $1    ]
              else                             other
              end

      other = Gem::Platform.new other
    else
      return nil
    end

    self === other
  end