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It all depends on what you define "generation" as.
Chronologically?
As having markedly different characteristics from predecessors?
It doesn't necessarily have to mean "has more gizmos", or for that matter "is better".
It does however imply (at least in my mind) that other designs would follow in the same philosophy, otherwise it's not so much a generation as a single aberration.
So if you started seeing new designs embodying the characteristics that set the -39 apart, then yes, it would be the first of a new generation.
Chronologically?
As having markedly different characteristics from predecessors?
It doesn't necessarily have to mean "has more gizmos", or for that matter "is better".
It does however imply (at least in my mind) that other designs would follow in the same philosophy, otherwise it's not so much a generation as a single aberration.
So if you started seeing new designs embodying the characteristics that set the -39 apart, then yes, it would be the first of a new generation.