ICU-21633 Fix ClangCL cross-compilation on Windows

[StefanStojanovic]

This PR is a WIP to fix issues with cross-compilation. The current approach is focused on fixing an issue I encountered on Windows with ClangCL (MSVC had no problems).

A quick backstory to better understand my background and motivation. I'm working on supporting Node.js on Windows. There is an ongoing effort to enable Node.js to be compiled with ClangCL. While working on it I noticed an issue when creating .obj file in ICU because of the *pCPU = IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_UNKNOWN; line, and the code I made fixes that by adding a new option. After some discussion with @srl295, I was made aware of this being a broader problem that should be fixed for multiple compilers and platforms, not only ClangCL/Windows.

The code I have is a starting point and should be built upon. Please keep in mind that my knowledge and experience with other platforms is limited and I'd appreciate any help I can get. I'm also very new to the ICU, so feel free to correct any mistakes I may start making as soon as you see them.

Refs: nodejs/node#53003

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This PR has been superseded by PR #3023.