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   makes compilation significantly faster; if both are present, Ninja will be
   used. On Windows, Ninja is required.
 - A C compiler
-- Go
+- Go 1.11 or later
 - To build the x86 and x86_64 assembly, your assembler must support AVX2
   instructions and `MOVBE`. If using GNU binutils, you must have 2.22 or later.