It confused me as well. "0.. is less than count"?
"0..<count" instantly tells me that it's not including value, and follows the matematical interval notification [0..count] vs [0..count)
0...1 //0 to 1
Note: triple dot. 0..2 //error: repl.swift:1:2: error: use of unresolved operator '..'
0..<1 //0 to <1 0 ..< count
I think Swift programmers should adopt this style.