Long Scale films

I'm not exactly sure what is meant by "long scale," but I think it has something to do with the variation in light intensitys which a film can capture, and still show good shadow detail but without blocking up the high values. Ilford XP films have always seemed to me to be excellent at this. I've always heard that Verichrome Pan has the longest scale of the conventional films. But what good is a long scale film, if the range of densities exceeds the ability of printing paper to translate it? Could I have some discussion of this, and hopefully examples. This is not a troll. TIA, Bill

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