COMPILING: Update the guide considering lack of symlinks

COMPILING.adoc

@@ -62,23 +62,21 @@ Building on Microsoft Windows
 
 Freedoom has normally seen all of its development on Unix-like
 systems, nevertheless some people like to compile Freedoom on Windows.
-This is possible, although complicated by our use of symbolic links in
-the repository.  While it may be possible to build software for
-Windows Vista and newer utilizing native NTFS symbolic links, none of
-the required software in the Freedoom build process supports them in a
-``native'' Win32-API-only manner.
+This is possible, although complicated by our choice of tooling for
+the project.
 
-https://cygwin.com/[Cygwin] will thus be required to build Freedoom on
-Windows, it should contain all the needed software except for DeuTex.
-The previously-mentioned https://github.com/Doom-Utils/deutex[repository]
-contains some needed fixes for building and installing DeuTex on
-Cygwin.
+It may be possible to use regular Windows versions of all the required
+software, but https://cygwin.com/[Cygwin] is highly recommended to
+recreate the Unix environment on this operating system anyway.  It
+will simplify the process of building Freedoom greatly.  The
+previously-mentioned https://github.com/Doom-Utils/deutex[DeuTex
+repository] will require a C compiler (such as `gcc` or `clang`) to be
+installed in order to build.
 
 It is important that you install the Cygwin-specific versions of all
 the required software.  Native versions of Make, Python, ImageMagick,
-and DeuTex will not understand the Cygwin-specific symbolic links,
-which itself is *not* identical to the native method provided by
-Windows Vista and newer.
+and DeuTex are not likely to interact well with Cygwin versions of the
+software.
 
 As Cygwin provides a GNU system and interface on top of Windows, its
 command line is (by default) Bash and not `cmd.exe`.  Instructions on