[perl #39791] [TODO] deprecate @MAIN syntax in favor of :main

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everybody wanted the colon, and now we have it. it's time to lop off
@these ungainly [EMAIL PROTECTED]

an untested first attempt appears below.
~jerry

Index: compilers/imcc/imcc.l
===================================================================
--- compilers/imcc/imcc.l       (revision 13249)
+++ compilers/imcc/imcc.l       (working copy)
@@ -259,12 +259,6 @@

 "method"        return(METHOD); /* old compat cruft -
                                   the canonical colon names are below */
-<emit,INITIAL>"@MULTI"   return(MULTI);
-<emit,INITIAL>"@MAIN"    return(MAIN);
-<emit,INITIAL>"@LOAD"    return(LOAD);
-<emit,INITIAL>"@IMMEDIATE"    return(IMMEDIATE);
-<emit,INITIAL>"@POSTCOMP"    return(POSTCOMP);
-<emit,INITIAL>"@ANON"    return(ANON);

 ":method"        return(METHOD);
 <emit,INITIAL>":multi"   return(MULTI);