diff --git a/src/shogun/base/progress.h b/src/shogun/base/progress.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8261d34d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shogun/base/progress.h
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+/*
+* Written (W) 2017 Giovanni De Toni
+*/
+
+#ifndef __SG_PROGRESS_H__
+#define __SG_PROGRESS_H__
+
+#include <iterator>
+#include <memory>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <shogun/base/init.h>
+#include <shogun/base/range.h>
+#include <shogun/io/SGIO.h>
+
+namespace shogun
+{
+
+	/** Possible print modes */
+	enum SG_PRG_MODE
+	{
+		ASCII,
+		UTF8
+	};
+
+	/** @class Printer that display the progress bar
+	*
+	*/
+	class ProgressPrinter
+	{
+	public:
+		/** Creates a ProgressPrinter instance given an SGIO object
+		*
+		* @param    io  SGIO object
+		*/
+		ProgressPrinter(const SGIO& io)
+				: m_io(io), m_prefix("PROGRESS: "), m_mode(UTF8)
+		{
+		}
+		ProgressPrinter(const SGIO& io, const std::string& prefix)
+				: m_io(io), m_prefix(prefix), m_mode(UTF8)
+		{
+		}
+		ProgressPrinter(const SGIO& io, const SG_PRG_MODE mode)
+				: m_io(io), m_prefix("PROGRESS: "), m_mode(mode)
+		{
+		}
+		ProgressPrinter(
+				const SGIO& io, const std::string& prefix, const SG_PRG_MODE mode)
+				: m_io(io), m_prefix(prefix), m_mode(mode)
+		{
+		}
+		~ProgressPrinter()
+		{
+		}
+
+		/** Print the progress bar */
+		void print_progress() const
+		{
+			m_io.message(MSG_MESSAGEONLY, "", "", -1, "TEST\n");
+		}
+
+		/** Print the progress bar end */
+		void print_end() const
+		{
+			m_io.message(MSG_MESSAGEONLY, "", "", -1, "100\n");
+		}
+
+	private:
+		/** IO object */
+		SGIO m_io;
+		/** Prefix which will be printed before the progress bar */
+		std::string m_prefix;
+		/** Progres bar's char mode */
+		SG_PRG_MODE m_mode;
+		/** Maxmimum value */
+		float64_t m_max_value;
+		/** Minimum value */
+		float64_t m_min_value;
+		/** Last progress time */
+		float64_t m_last_progress_time;
+		/** Progress start time */
+		float64_t m_progress_start_time;
+		/** Last progress */
+		float64_t m_last_progress;
+	};
+
+	/** @class Helper class to show a progress bar given a range.
+	 *
+	 * @code
+	 *  for (auto i : PRange<int>(Range<int>(1, 10), io)) { ... }
+	 * @endcode
+	 */
+	template <typename T>
+	class PRange
+	{
+	public:
+		/** Create a progress range given an actual range and an io manager
+		*
+		* @param range  range object
+		* @param io     io manager
+		*/
+		PRange(Range<T> range, const SGIO& io) : m_range(range)
+		{
+			m_printer = std::make_shared<ProgressPrinter>(io);
+		}
+		PRange(Range<T> range, const SGIO& io, const SG_PRG_MODE mode)
+				: m_range(range)
+		{
+			m_printer = std::make_shared<ProgressPrinter>(io, mode);
+		}
+		PRange(Range<T> range, const SGIO& io, const std::string prefix)
+				: m_range(range)
+		{
+			m_printer = std::make_shared<ProgressPrinter>(io, prefix);
+		}
+		PRange(
+				Range<T> range, const SGIO& io, const std::string prefix,
+				const SG_PRG_MODE mode)
+				: m_range(range)
+		{
+			m_printer = std::make_shared<ProgressPrinter>(io, prefix, mode);
+		}
+
+		/** @class Wrapper for Range<T>::Iterator spawned by @ref PRange. */
+		class PIterator : public std::iterator<std::input_iterator_tag, T>
+		{
+		public:
+			PIterator(
+					typename Range<T>::Iterator value,
+					std::shared_ptr<ProgressPrinter> shrd_ptr)
+					: m_value(value), m_printer(shrd_ptr)
+			{
+			}
+			PIterator(const PIterator& other)
+					: m_value(other.m_value), m_printer(other.m_printer)
+			{
+			}
+			PIterator(PIterator&& other)
+					: m_value(other.m_value), m_printer(other.m_printer)
+			{
+			}
+			PIterator& operator=(const PIterator&) = delete;
+			PIterator& operator++()
+			{
+				// Every time we update the iterator we print
+				// also the updated progress bar
+				m_printer->print_progress();
+				m_value++;
+				return *this;
+			}
+			PIterator& operator++(int)
+			{
+				PIterator tmp(*this, this->m_printer);
+				++*this;
+				return tmp;
+			}
+			T operator*()
+			{
+				// Since PIterator is a wrapper we have
+				// to return the actual value of the
+				// wrapped iterator
+				return *m_value;
+			}
+			bool operator!=(const PIterator& other)
+			{
+				if (!(this->m_value != other.m_value))
+					m_printer->print_end();
+				return this->m_value != other.m_value;
+			}
+			bool operator==(const PIterator& other)
+			{
+				return this->m_value == other.m_value;
+			}
+
+		private:
+			/* The ProgressPrinter object which will be used to show the progress bar*/
+			std::shared_ptr<ProgressPrinter> m_printer;
+			/* The wrapped range */
+			typename Range<T>::Iterator m_value;
+		};
+
+		/** Create the iterator that corresponds to the start of the range*/
+		PIterator begin() const
+		{
+			return PIterator(m_range.begin(), m_printer);
+		}
+
+		/** Create the iterator that corresponds to the end of the iterator*/
+		PIterator end() const
+		{
+			return PIterator(m_range.end(), m_printer);
+		}
+
+	private:
+		/** Range we iterate over */
+		Range<T> m_range;
+		/** Observer that will print the actual progress bar */
+		std::shared_ptr<ProgressPrinter> m_printer;
+	};
+
+	/** Creates @ref PRange given a range.
+	 *
+	 * @code
+	 *  for (auto i : progress(range(0, 100), io)) { ... }
+	 * @endcode
+	 *
+	 * @param   range   range used
+	 * @param   io      SGIO object
+	 */
+	template <typename T>
+	inline PRange<T> progress(Range<T> range, const SGIO& io)
+	{
+		return PRange<T>(range, io);
+	}
+
+	/** Creates @ref PRange given a range that uses the global SGIO
+	 *
+	 * @code
+	 *  for (auto i : progress( range(0, 100) ) ) { ... }
+	 * @endcode
+	 *
+	 * @param   range   range used
+	 */
+	template <typename T>
+	inline PRange<T> progress(Range<T> range)
+	{
+		return PRange<T>(range, *sg_io);
+	}
+};
+#endif /* __SG_PROGRESS_H__ */
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diff --git a/src/shogun/base/range.h b/src/shogun/base/range.h
index dfb1e213257..1591dad6330 100644
--- a/src/shogun/base/range.h
+++ b/src/shogun/base/range.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <shogun/lib/config.h>
 #include <iterator>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CXX11
 namespace shogun
 {
 
@@ -52,8 +51,8 @@ namespace shogun
                     Iterator& operator++(int)
                     {
                         Iterator tmp(*this);
-                        tmp++;
-                        return tmp; 
+                        ++*this;
+                        return tmp;
                     }
                     T operator*()
                     {
@@ -124,5 +123,4 @@ namespace shogun
 
 }
 
-#endif /* HAVE_CXX */
 #endif /* __SG_RANGE_H__ */