Film is superior only as far as enlargements are concerned. At this point, unless you plan on blowing up a print to very large proportions, you won't be able to tell the difference between a digital and film print.
Now, if you're serious about learning photography, I would suggest starting with film and learning everything you can about doing your own developing and printing. To me, it's heresy to spend the time learning what you can about photography, then turning your film over to a Walmart machine monkey to develop and print your photos. If you're not concerned with that aspect of photography, then digital will serve your needs just fine.
But if you go digital, you won't be developing your own photos unless you shoot in the RAW format. If you shoot in JPEG format, you essentially lose the ability to have complete control over your images.
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