Start ring stuff.

pe/ring.erl

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+%% Write a ring benchmark. Create N processes in a ring. Send a
+%% message around the ring N times so that a total of N * M messages
+%% get sent. Time how long this takes for different values of N and M.
+%%
+%% Write a similar program in some other programming language you are
+%% familiar with. Compare the results. Write a blog, and publish the
+%% results on the internet!

pe/ring.go

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+package main
+
+type Message struct {
+	RCount int // how many times around the ring have we been
+	FCount int // how many times has the message been forwarded
+}