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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _get_distutils_build_directory():
 """ Returns the directory distutils uses to build its files. We need this directory since we build extensions which have to link other ones. """

    pattern = "lib.{platform}-{major}.{minor}"
    return os.path.join('build', pattern.format(platform=sysconfig.get_platform(),
                                                major=sys.version_info[0],
                                                minor=sys.version_info[1]))