infinite loop

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(Computers) a series of instructions in a computer program which, when executed, cause a cyclic repetition of the same instructions, with no other action by the program, for as long as the program continues to be executed, or the loop is interrupted by some external action.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Otherwise, the recursive loop of past failures with regards to tax reform is likely to be repeated.

A challenging context

Since the production of Foucault's History of Sexuality, the field of classics has been caught in a recursive loop of argument regarding the existence (or lack thereof) of "sexuality"--particularly "homosexuality"--as a meaningful cultural concept for ancient Greece and Rome.

Ancient Sex: New Essays

self-propulsive recursive loop that in its indefatigable logic might confound even Zeno.