If I remember rightly, the process is called “quining” and while it produces similar paradoxes and problems, it is distinct from self-reference. Linguistically, at least—logically one might be a form of the other.
If I remember rightly, the process is called “quining” and while it produces similar paradoxes and problems, it is distinct from self-reference. Linguistically, at least—logically one might be a form of the other.