What's the purpose of the CIL nop opcode?

Question

I\'m going through MSIL and noticing there are a lot of nop instructions in the MSIL.

The MSDN article says they take no action and are used to fill space if the opc

Answer 1

This is not an answer to your specific question, but back in the old days you could use a NOP to fill a branch delay slot, if you couldn't manage to fill it with an otherwise-useful instruction.