The first place I saw the word "metaprogramming" was the title of "programming and metaprogramming for the human biocomputer" by John C Lilly. Brilliant guy, but when he started dropping acid with dolphins instead of studying dolphin intelligence he kind of lost me.
avdi I think it's awesome that someone else thinks of John Lilly when the term"metaprogramming" comes up. I haven't actually read any of his books (yet); but I've been reading Robert Anton Wilson, who references him a lot.