I no doubt he knows very well what TDD is. Even if he is being as dogmatic as plinkplonk claims I still think his advice has merit because this and the last post are great justifications for automated testing. Attacking dogmatic TDD seems beside the point to me.
Of course one of the disciplines I'm talking about is TDD.
We're talking about Uncle Bob here. If Uncle Bob doesn't realize there's a difference between TDD and automated tests, then there's been a whole lot of arguing about nothing for the last few years.
In other words, no, you can't interpret Uncle Bob that way, he really is talking about TDD.