I don't think you need to be smarter, but coming from something like C#, there are some different ways of thinking that you'll need to learn. In addition to th

I don't think you need to be smarter, but coming from something like C#, there are some different ways of thinking that you'll need to learn. In addition to the memory management stuff, there are a number of things borrowed from the ML language family. Since you mention docs and syntax, those are more likely the things tripping you up. You're probably capable of understanding these things, but there is a definite learning curve.