[theelous3]

I would say it was more so the process of implementing that same logic forces you to understand it, and then seeing that logic pan out is a confirmation of what was learned in implementation.

Much like you can understand the math of a lever and see levers working, but precalculating that x can lift y with a z long lever, and then building it, reinforces the logic you used in precalculation and binds the abstract to the real.