Questions on different design from lisp: Mal symbol do not use property lists?

[TehLeo]

In lisp each symbol has a property list. It looks like in mal a completely different design is chosen. What is the reason behind this change and what what are the advantages/disadvantages it brings?

I think this should be mentioned, so that users that are looking to learn how lisp works will not get an incorrect understanding. (Personally, I too checked this repository to learn a bit about lisp and then later found out that lisp handles symbols differently)

Lisp Property lisp:
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/clm/node108.html

Lisp Symbol data structure:
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Symbol-Components.html