PowerShell: Comparing Software Versions

# Shorter version
function isHigherVersion ($a,$b){
    # This assumes the query as version $a is greater than $b by reconstructing PowerShell version object 
    $regexVersion='^(\d+)\.{1}(\d+)\.{0,1}(\d+){0,1}\.{0,1}(\d+){0,1}'
    [void]($a -match $regexVersion)
1..4|%{new-variable "a$_" -value $matches[$_] -force}   
    [void]($b -match $regexVersion)
1..4|%{new-variable "b$_" -value $matches[$_] -force}
    return [Version]::new($a1,$a2,$a3,$a4) -gt [Version]::new($b1,$b2,$b3,$b4)
}

# Overly verbose version
function compareVersions ($a,$b){
    # This assumes the query as version $a is greater than $b by reconstructing PowerShell version object 
    $majorRegex = '^(\d+)\.'
    $minorRegex = '^\d+\.(\d+)'
    $buildRegex = '^\d+\.\d+\.(\d+)'
    $revisionRegex = '^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.(\d+)'
    $aMajor= .{[void]($a -match $majorRegex);return $matches[1]}
    $aMinor= .{[void]($a -match $minorRegex);return $matches[1]}
    $aBuild= .{[void]($a -match $buildRegex);return $matches[1]}
    $aRevision=.{[void]($a -match $revisionRegex);return $matches[1]}
    $bMajor= .{[void]($b -match $majorRegex);return $matches[1]}
    $bMinor= .{[void]($b -match $minorRegex);return $matches[1]}
    $bBuild= .{[void]($b -match $buildRegex);return $matches[1]}
    $bRevision=.{[void]($b -match $revisionRegex);return $matches[1]}
    return [Version]::new($aMajor,$aMinor,$aBuild,$aRevision) -gt [Version]::new($bMajor,$bMinor,$bBuild,$bRevision)
}