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Keeping FASLs away
C-c C-k by default puts FASLs in the same directory as the .lisp file, which may be not very nice.
(setq slime-compile-file-options '(:fasl-directory "/tmp/slime-fasls/"))
will place fasls into “/tmp/slime-fasls/”.
I also have
(make-directory "/tmp/slime-fasls/" t)
in my .emacs to make sure the directory exists (/tmp gets cleaned on each reboot).