Add some more examples for the platform_machine environment marker#1904
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I was surprised to discover that Linux ARM machines report themselves as `aarch64`, but macOS ARM machines report themselves as `arm64`. Highlighting both of these possibilities in the table (in the same way that the examples for `platform_system` include `Java`) feels useful.
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I was surprised to discover that Linux ARM machines report themselves as
aarch64, but macOS ARM machines report themselves asarm64. Highlighting both of these possibilities in the table (in the same way that the examples forplatform_systemincludeJava) feels useful.📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://python-packaging-user-guide--1904.org.readthedocs.build/en/1904/