[erlang-questions] Pinging the great unknown

[Donald Steven]

Hi all,

Simple newbie question for someone just learning.  I'm getting the hang of sending and receiving messages work and pids, but how does a process ping a message into the great unknown that says basically: "Hello out there, I'm here, I exist..." if you don't know what if any processes are 'out there' to actually receive a message?

Thanks.

Don 
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