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Simple console application with command line arguments to assign a file a new created/modified/accessed date.

  • AND used as a comparison to the much hyped .NET Core.

Features

Three different versions of the same application. All 3 are functionally equivalent.
Coding content is identical (or as close as could be).
All three use the Regex library for parsing plus CPP version includes Unicode support for unicode filenames.

  1. Compiled and published as x64 .NET Core 3.1 Console app. (27339 KB)
    • Will run on only Windows x64 machine, but may be 'Published' for any non-windows OS as long one does not use any OS-specific code. No system dependencies.
    • Slowest and 3 orders of magnitude bigger in size. (Why is this better?)
  2. Compiled as .NET Framework 4.5 AnyCpu Console App. (10 KB)
    • Will transparently run on both Windows x32/x64 machines, but requires .NET environment to be pre-installed. However, this is built-in for all windows machines anyway.
    • Reasonably fast and smallest in size.
  3. Compiled as C++ Win32 x64 Console App. (74 KB)
    • Will run on only Windows x64 machine. No other dependencies.
    • Very, very fast but 5X larger.

My Opinion

  • .NET Core is good for Web server applications but not anything else. I consider it not ready for prime-time. The functionality is not complete.
  • .NET Framework is the most mature for Console, Forms, and WPF local applications.
  • Win32 CPP is best for raw speed and interfacing to anything, but is slow to develop on and more prone to bugs.

Comments appreciated. You may change my mind!