The point of that example is to show how to safely use xargs. Since find now has its own built-in xargs support perhaps we should adapt the example to use that instead.
We can also list the -delete method as an alternative. E.g.
$ find . \( -name \*.jpg -o -name \*.gif \) -exec rm {} +
or
$ find . \( -name \*.jpg -o -name \*.gif \) -delete
- todd
