Your hypothesis would be correct because languages only scratch the surface of thought. The underlying computations invoked are the important thing and you must

Your hypothesis would be correct because languages only scratch the surface of thought. The underlying computations invoked are the important thing and you must understand them before you implement them, no matter which language you're using. Obviously some languages are easier to work with and give you better abstractions to work with making it quicker to write the code but you still have to understand what the heck it is you're really trying to do.