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   A timeline:

   TAoCP Vol 1, "Circular Definition" -> "Definition, Circular" (1968)

   mastodon.social/@wiert/1128857… @wiert

   A First Course in Abstract Algebra, "Loop, infinite, See: Infinite loop" (which edition, 3rd? 1982?)

   mastodon.social/@pkalina/10939… @pkalina

   The top post, of course, K&R 2nd Ed, the index entry for "recursion" lists the index page itself (1988)

   social.wildeboer.net/@jwildebo… @jwildeboer

   Kernighan "did it more than once", but the post was lost to time:

   in.atwistedsystem.com/objects/… (lost link)

   C Traps and Pitfalls, "recursion" in the index lists the index page itself (1989)

   mastodon.social/@WGAvanDijk/11… @WGAvanDijk

   Not recursion or iteration, but:
   Common Lisp, The Language, 2nd Ed, "kludges, 1–971" (1990)

   universeodon.com/@smpaley/1094… @smpaley

   Turbo Pascal v7.0 Programmer's Reference, "Loop, infinite, See: Infinite loop" (1992)

   mastodon.social/@wiert/1093946…

   Thank you all for sharing your references!