Digital BW, The Print

Hi list,

I just purchased the October issue of Practical Photography (an english
magazine, that I happened to find here in Italy), mainly because of a
special edition about black and white (or "mono", as they call it). What
most interested me was the section where they asked 6 pros what their
favorite film/developer was, and why. This made me reconsider my current
choice: I now shoot Kodak Supra 100 and then manipulate in Photoshop. This
gives me the advantage of the three color channels to pick from, and a
comparison I made with Ilford Pan F, a highly reputed film, as I gather,
showed no lack of resolution or sharpness when scanned with my Nikon LS-30.
Now I'm (eagerly) waiting for a new scanner to be delivered, and I want to
test again, to see if 4000dpi are enough to make differences visible.
So, for those of you who haven't gone full digital (yet), what is your
favorite B&W film/developer, with respect to scanning, and why?

PS - I have a roll of Technical Pan waiting to be developed, so I'd
especially like to know what developers rate best with this film (on the PP
poll the one photographer that used TechPan recommended Agfa Rodinal, to
keep contrast low).

Thanks all in advance,
Alessandro Pardi