Port PRS 4.5 to Sun Solaris (Contract)
ProtoCare Sciences — Santa Monica, CA — 05/1999–09/1999
Responsibilities
- Ported the 400K+ line PRS 4.5 medical software system to Sun Solaris 2.6, upgrading Oracle, SyncSort, and compiler toolchains.
- Converted 16-bit data structures to 32-bit and optimized compatibility for UNIX environments.
- Modernized build and version control architecture.
Accomplishments
- Re-engineered over 85 makefiles and established a unified SCCS tree for efficient configuration management.
- Migrated linking to shared objects, resolved flat-file SQL*Loader issues, and improved runtime stability.
- Delivered to QA two months ahead of schedule and received a contract bonus for early completion.
Tool Set
C/C++, Oracle 8.0.5, Pro*C, SQL*Loader, SQL*Plus, Make, SCCS, SyncSort, Bourne shell, Solaris 2.6