Document compiler and assembler requirements.

The minimum version is purely based on what we've patched out of the perlasm
files. I'm assuming they're accurate.

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Reviewed-by: Adam Langley <agl@google.com>
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* A C compiler is required. On Windows, MSVC 14 (Visual Studio 2015) or later * A C compiler is required. On Windows, MSVC 14 (Visual Studio 2015) or later
with Platform SDK 8.1 or later are supported. Recent versions of GCC (4.8+) with Platform SDK 8.1 or later are supported. Recent versions of GCC (4.8+)
and Clang should work on non-Windows platforms, and maybe on Windows too. and Clang should work on non-Windows platforms, and maybe on Windows too.
To build the tests, you also need a C++ compiler with C++11 support.
* [Go](https://golang.org/dl/) is required. If not found by CMake, the go * [Go](https://golang.org/dl/) is required. If not found by CMake, the go
executable may be configured explicitly by setting `GO_EXECUTABLE`. executable may be configured explicitly by setting `GO_EXECUTABLE`.
* To build the x86 and x86\_64 assembly, your assembler must support AVX2
instructions. If using GNU binutils, you must have 2.22 or later.
## Building ## Building
Using Ninja (note the 'N' is capitalized in the cmake invocation): Using Ninja (note the 'N' is capitalized in the cmake invocation):