Problem?

#http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28252442/speeding-up-this-python-code-for-large-input/28261161#28261161
from bitarray import BitArray
from random import randint
import numpy as np

def SplitArray(l, r):
    while(l < r):
        k = randint(l, r)           
        arr.set_bit(k)
        return SplitArray(l, k-2) + [k] + SplitArray(k+2, r)
    return []

def count0(ba):
    i = 0
    for n in xrange(1, N):
        if ba.get_bit(n) == 0:
            i += 1
    return i

N = 50000
L = 1000
dist = np.zeros(L)
for i in xrange(L):
    arr = BitArray(N, initialize = 0)
    SplitArray(1, N)    
    dist[i] = count0(arr)

print np.mean(dist), np.std(dist)