QUALITY ASM PROGRAMS

I CALL IT THE NOPINATOR
POST SOME OF YOUR QUALITY ASM

nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
section .data                       
str:     db 'Nop nop nop nop nop!', 0Ah       
str_len: equ $ - str               
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
section .text                
global _start                          
_start:                             
mov    eax, 4                  
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
mov    ebx, 1                  
mov    ecx, str               
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
mov    edx, str_len            
int    80h                     
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
mov    eax, 1                 
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nop
nopmov    ebx, 0                   ; specify return code for OS (0 = everything's fine)
int    80h                      ; tell kernel to perform system call
nop
nop
nop

>>2
why do compilers even waste space with NOPs?

from my understanding a nop does nothing and thus if removed, nothing will happen... right? or do compilers code in some stuff that requires distance between one thing and the next?