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+# Sebastian Raschka 04/10/2014
+
+import sys
+
+def give_letter(word):
+    for letter in word:
+        yield letter
+
+if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
+    print('executed in Python 3.x')
+    test = give_letter('Hello')
+    print(next(test))
+    print('in for-loop:')
+    for l in test:
+        print(l)
+
+# if Python 2.x
+if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
+    print('executed in Python 2.x')
+    test = give_letter('Hello')
+    print(test.next())
+    print('in for-loop:') 
+    for l in test:
+        print(l)