That is not necessarily the case, no. For example, implementing the functionality of printf yourself is rather involved, but calling printf from the standard library is literally a one-liner. In both cases you get the functionality of printf.
Similarly, there are brief ways to write things and verbose ways. Sometimes what is commonly written as large factory classes and interfaces in one language works out to a simple higher-order function or macro in another language. See the old "evolution of a programmer" joke for some extreme examples.
Similarly, there are brief ways to write things and verbose ways. Sometimes what is commonly written as large factory classes and interfaces in one language works out to a simple higher-order function or macro in another language. See the old "evolution of a programmer" joke for some extreme examples.