Add CMake file for the thrift compiler
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+# Build compiler using CMake
+
+Use the following steps to build using cmake
+
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+
+## Build on windows
+
+In order to build on windows a few additional steps are necessary
+
+1. Download winflexbison from http://sourceforge.net/projects/winflexbison/
+2. Extract the winflex bison files to for e.g. C:\winflexbison
+3. Make the CMake variables point to the correct binaries.
+ * FLEX_EXECUTBALE = C:/winbuild/win_flex.exe
+ * BISON_EXECUTBALE = C:/winbuild/win_bison.exe
+