(** * Semantic preservation *)
(** We now prove that the whole CompCert compiler (as characterized by the [match_prog] relation) preserves semantics by constructing the following simulations: - Forward simulations from [Cstrategy] to [Asm] (composition of the forward simulations for each pass). - Backward simulations for the same languages (derived from the forward simulation, using receptiveness of the source language and determinacy of [Asm]). - Backward simulation from [Csem] to [Asm] (composition of two backward simulations). *)
Remark forward_simulation_identity:
forall sem, forward_simulation sem sem.

Lemma match_if_simulation:
forall (A: Type) (sem: A -> semantics) (flag: unit -> bool) (transf: A -> A -> Prop) (prog tprog: A),
match_if flag transf prog tprog ->
(forall p tp, transf p tp -> forward_simulation (sem p) (sem tp)) ->
forward_simulation (sem prog) (sem tprog).